I think it is a given that Young is gone. I certainly hope we can find a SS and I'm cool with old ball kisser as a closer if we can't find anyone else. Ofcourse Valverde was 56 for 56 (roughly) last year in save opportunities.

Peralta, yeah I'd like an upgrade.. but the SS free agent market is crap this year. Unless they can trade for a cornerstone guy (Elvis Andrus available?), they should exercsie Peralta's 6million team option

We do lose a decent, but extremely inconsistent bat in Young, but the similarity in all of these guys is if we do get rid of all of them, we gain SO MUCH cap space. We are basically paying these guy boatloads of money to underachieve and we saw how much it burned us last night.

I'm not calling for anyone's head (yet) but MAN! For the hitters we have, we SUCK! It's a bad ball park for hitters, but so few balls have even been put in play. That ending is just what Valverde does, he is either going to have a good night, or a bad night - I wish Leyland would just pull him when everyone can see the writing on the wall. The irony is that when Dotel was in a jam the commentators mentioned how loyal Leyland is to his guys and how he will trust them to get out of a jam - I guess he's loyal to a fault. Realistically, I do like Leyland, but the hitting coach has got to go. If we were hitting like we could be, we'd be up enough runs so we'd have a "Valverde Buffer". I'm going to fill out a trademark application for that right now.

It's all or nothing tonight. With a loss and no red wings (as of yet), the lions looking how they do and the pistons rebuilding - it could be a year of misery in a city that knows it all too well.